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Distressed Hand Dryer Head

July 25, 2007

In Dandenong (an outer "satellite" town/suburb of Melbourne), there is a toilet block with interesting sculptures decorating the front of the block. One is of a fellow with a hand-dryer unit instead of a head.
On taking the photo with a dodgy (and now retired) SX-70 camera, the film got stuck 3/4 of the way out of the rollers. That and the expired film has given the finished image a rather surreal appearance bordering on abstract impressionism.

Camera: SX-70 (dodgy) Film: expired SX-70 Time Zero

Filed under: Colour Polaroid

6 Responses to “Distressed Hand Dryer Head”

kevin
July 25, 2007 13:24

that came out amazingly surreal

becky
July 25, 2007 15:55

this is very cool, aren't you just scratching your head at times about how cameras and film do their own thing?

Otto K.
July 25, 2007 23:03

Wow. Love this, Cameron. Happy accident indeed. Too bad the camera's retired.

[terrorkitten]
July 26, 2007 10:29

I have always been a fan or de kooning, Pollock and Rothko....worthy of any of them!

angie
July 26, 2007 14:27

the warping-developing mishap is perfect.

gotta love the dodgy film :-)

Lisa
July 27, 2007 11:31

That's amazing. Fantastic results, really surreal and very, very cool.

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